PML-N, PML-Q retain their PA seats in by-polls

08 May, 2012

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Nothing unexpected happened in the by-elections for two Punjab Assembly seats – PP 243 and PP 245, Dera Ghazi Khan — as all major political parties — the PML-N, the PML-Q and the PPP saved their prestige by getting their candidates returned to the provincial legislature.

The two seats of the Punjab Assembly fell vacant due to the resignation of PML-Q legislator Muhammad Mohsin Khan Leghari and senior adviser to the Punjab chief minister, Sardar Zulfiqar Ali Khan Khosa. The two had been elected to the Senate.

In PP 245, PML-Q candidate Muhammad Khan Leghari received 24,584 votes while his opponent and PML-N candidate Mirza Talpur secured 11,748 votes. Muhammad Khan Leghari also enjoyed the support of the PPP. The Election Commission has withheld the result of PP 243 due to rigging complaints.

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